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The Gazette (Montreal) Mon Feb 15 1999

by: Kadie Karen Diekmeyer

Publication date: 1999-02-15
Topics: miss kadie, miss karen, that vegan teacher, tiktok, kadie karen diekmeyer, canada, quebec, activism, the gazette, montreal, newspapers
Collection: newspapers_miscellaneous; newsstand; newspapers
Language: English
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The Blue Door Music House stages alternative concerts - six acts, 14 minutes each - once a month. Admission is free (donations are welcome) and the place seats up to 50 people.

"We've been sold out every month," she said in an interview last week.

The acts have included classical musicians, poets, singers, and dancers. Hobson herself has been a regular at the Blue Door; singing her songs about life and women's empowerment.

A part-time nurse at the Lakeshore General Hospital and a busy homemaker and mother - her three kids range in age from 6 to 9 - she never played guitar until she picked one up two years ago. Now she can't do without it.

She has written 47 songs and recently cut her first CD, another do-it-yourself effort that cost her $5000. She rented a sound room, recorded several pieces, including Imagine a Country, a bilingual song she has sung at pro-Canada rallies, then had 500 CDs made.

She has been selling the CDs at $10 a pop at the Blue Door and persuading local merchants to put up her display: "Congratulations. The store you are standing in supports local artists."

So far, she has sold about 70 CDs.

"I couldn't wait around to be discovered," she said, explaining the dramatic turn her life has taken in the past two years. "I worked so hard for long, but never felt fulfilled. Now, I'm really happy. I feel like I'm making my dreams come true. I'm being creative, singing - and singing with others. One guy told me he listens to my CD every day. He's driving his wife crazy. It's so flattering".

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